The ‘Jawa Dam’ in Jordan is an ancient masonry dam built around 3000 BC. It is the oldest known dam in the world and the largest of its kind. Though, the dam is damaged now due to human intervention; its remnants still remain to testify one of the worlds’s first engineering wonders and a structural […]
The World’s First Tallest Dam – ‘Nurek Dam’ was built across the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan- a country land locked by mountains in central Asia. The construction of the dam began in 1961, when Tajikistan was a part of a socialist federation of Europe and Asia called ‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republic’ or USSR as
India’s first Rubber Dam constructed across Jhanjhavathi River in Parvathipuram was inaugurated on 1st January 2006 by then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Y.S. Rajsekhara Reddy. It is also an inter-state project as the River originates in Odisha. The successful opening of the project was an exceptional achievement by the state government and a
The world’s first Arch Dam- ‘Glanum Dam’, was located on the south west of the French town of Saint-Reme-de-Provence. The dam was also called as ‘Vallon de Baume Dam’ and was built around 1st century BCE to supply water to the ancient Roman town of Glanum. The location of the dam at a narrow gorge
The world’s largest hydroelectric power generation dam lies in a prefecture level city of ‘Yichang’ in the ‘Yiling’ district in central China province of Hubei. The dam is built across the Yangtze River in the town of Sandouping. A prefecture level city is administrative head quarter ranking below a province and above a county. The
Idukki Arch Dam in the southern Indian state of Kerala is the first of its kind in Asia. It is a Double Curvature Arch Dam impounding Periyar River at a narrow gorge between two granite hills in Idukki, Kerala. In a layman’s explanation – a double curvature arch dam is a dam which is curved
Diwali is one of the major Hindu festivals celebrated grandly throughout India. The festivities involve loads of activities including shopping, food, fireworks, worship etc. Crackers and fireworks have become an integral part of the celebrations. Fireworks are made from harmful chemical compounds like Sulphur, Cadmium, Mercury and lead, those release toxic fumes upon burning. Sometimes
Oceans are deliberated as earth’s most important, significant and valuable natural resource. They are home to most of the life on earth, which includes algae, blue whale where latter is considered as the largest mammal on the planet. Ocean is considered to be an end point as small streams flow into the river; river leads
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Life has been bestowed upon us by the almighty and we all must value it. We should be thankful for all that we have and try to improve ourselves each day to build a better life. Technically, life is associated with feelings, growth and evolution. Like the plants have life because they grow; humans and
The first multipurpose dam in India is Tilaiya Dam. It was built across Barakar River in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Barakar is a main tributary of Damodar River; latter was also known as the ‘Sorrow of India’ due to its regular devastating floods. The First Multipurpose River Valley Project of Independent India The Dam
